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name: github

description: >-

Inspect GitHub users, repos, issues, notifications, releases, diffs, and files via flowbot github. Use when the user mentions github, repositories, issues, notifications, releases, commit diffs, source files.

compatibility: Requires flowbot CLI, network access to a Flowbot server

metadata:

capability: github

cli_root: github

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# GitHub

Use `flowbot github` for capability `github`.

**CLI root is `github`** — do not invent `flowbot github` unless cli.md lists it as an alias.

Prefer the workflows below; load [references/cli.md](references/cli.md) only when you need a flag or subcommand not covered here.

**CLI limits:** No pull-request commands and no `github health` CLI.

**JSON fields:** Issue argument is `<number>`; notification and release ids appear in `-o json`.

## Setup

1. Ensure CLI auth: `flowbot login`

2. Set server via `FLOWBOT_SERVER_URL` or `--server-url`; optional `--profile`, `--debug` / `-d`

3. Prefer `-o json` when parsing results programmatically

4. Destructive commands often need `-y` / `--yes` in non-interactive sessions — check cli.md

5. Token scopes: `service:github:read` / `service:github:write`

## Workflows

### Triage open issues

When a user wants to review GitHub issues:

1. `flowbot github issues <owner> -s open -n 10`

2. `flowbot github issue <owner> <repo> <number>`

3. Summarize the issue for the user.

### Check notifications and releases

When a user wants an activity overview:

1. `flowbot github notifications -n 20`

2. `flowbot github releases <owner> <repo> -n 5`

3. Present a concise summary.

## Troubleshooting

| Error | Fix |

|-------|-----|

| not logged in | `flowbot login` |

| server URL is required | set `FLOWBOT_SERVER_URL` or pass `--server-url` |

| permission denied / 403 | token missing service scopes (`service:github:read` / `service:github:write`) |

| empty results | provider not configured, wrong id/name, or empty dataset |

| unknown command | use `flowbot github`, not the capability id as the CLI verb |